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1. 1Aug 19, 2025
   Board of County CommissionersP56Public hearingNo disposition in the minutes

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   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:19:24Uh P fifty six.

   StarkeyChair

   2:19:26P fifty six.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:19:29B-56, we have proof of publication in the June 4, 2025 edition of the Tampa Bay Times, supplemented by an affidavit of certified mailings and site postings.

   Daryl Whitlock

   2:19:41Yeah.

   StarkeyChair

   2:19:46All right. I was gonna give

   Amy Heiler

   2:19:48everybody a minute to kind of leave.

   StarkeyChair

   2:19:50Yeah, uh no talking in here, guys, please. We got more work to do.

   Amy Heiler

   2:19:55All right, good afternoon. Amy Toll with Planning Development and Economic Growth. Item P56 is the adoption hearing for the River Ridge CPA. I will read the ordinance into record. It is a very long ordinance, so bear with me. An ordinance amending the Pasco County Comprehensive Plan, providing for a comprehensive plan amendment to the future land use map, map two-fifteen. And sheet 11 from Res 3, residential 3 dwelling units per gross acre, excuse me, to PD

   2:20:26on approximately 10.42 acres of real property located on the south side of Ridge Road, approximately 1,185 feet west of the intersection of Ridge Road and Moon Lake Road. Res 6 residential 6 dwelling units per gross acre. Tipedee Plan Development. On approximately 13.03 acres of real property located on the south side of Ridge Road, approximately 1,187 feet west of the intersection of Ridge Road and Moon Lake Road, and Res 9, residential

   2:20:569 dwelling units per grace acre. Tipedy planned development on approximately on approximately 9.86 acres of real property located on the east side of Moon Lake Road, approximately 1,000. 1455 feet north of the intersection of Ridge Road and Moon Lake Road. In a text amendment creating sub-area policy flu 7.1.84 River Ridge PD and a map amendment to the future land use map 2-9, adding sub-area map 2-984 River Ridge PD. Providing for additional

   2:21:26text amendments as necessary for internal consistency and providing for a repeal.

   StarkeyChair

   2:21:39Do we want a presentation?

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:21:42Yes.

   StarkeyChair

   2:21:43Okay.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:21:44Presentation.

   Amy Heiler

   2:21:45Uh uh so if uh presentation is requested, I just want to put this out here. P sixty is the companion MPUD rezoning as well for this item.

   StarkeyChair

   2:21:54Okay, um why don't we um

   2:22:04Please disregard. Okay. All right. We'll d we'll take a presentation on this one.

   Amy Heiler

   2:22:08Got it. Okay, so this is a proposed small-scale comprehensive plan amendment. The item is requesting an amendment or the application is requesting an amendment from Res 3, Res 6, and RES 9 to PD. The intent of this PD is to actually reinstate the previously approved entitlements from the River Ridge DRI and request an increase of 60,750. 15 square feet on what's being called parcel K3. This is

   2:22:39located on the south side of Ridge Road, approximately 1,185 feet, which is K3, 1,187 feet, which is I2, and 1,455 feet, which is P2. So for proximity, this item Is uh three parcels of the overall River Ridge MP or overall River Ridge existing, overall River Ridge MPUD. The intent of this PD is to just ensure that the

   2:23:09entitlements that were recently rescinded from the DRI back in 2024 are made whole with the River Ridge MPUD existing entitlements and consistent with that zoning district. Because this is going PD, There is a companion sub-area policy, policy flu 7.1.84 River Ridge PD, and there is a companion substantial modification in the name of River Ridge MPD. So the location is in the central market area, as you can

   2:23:39see, uh as identified uh by the red star. Subject site on the context map. So here are the three parcels that are currently requesting an amendment to PD. On the far west is subject site, parcel I2, parcel K3 is in the center, and parcel P2 is going to be on your far east.

   2:24:04Here's an aerial view of some of the uses and the densities that fall within the area. So as you can see, there's existing commercial at the loc at the intersection of Moon Lake Road and Ridge Road. You can see that this does fall within the River Ridge MPUD as identified by the blue labels. There's the airport in proximity to the area, and surrounding the commercial is medium density residential. In a higher density residential project or product. Here's the existing future land

   2:24:34use as you see the Res 3, Res 6, and Res 9.

   2:24:39Mm. And the request uh to amend to P D is the visual for this as for this uh slide.

   2:24:49This is the companion sub-area policy. So, what this is doing is just reinstating the entitlements that align with the proposed MPUD zoning district. So, as you can see, I'll start with K3. K3 is proposing a total of 120,000 square feet. This is where the increase of 60,000, approximately 60,000 square feet, is being placed. approved for around 64,000 square feet. Parcel I2 is was currently

   2:25:19approved for 13,590 square feet. There's no change there. And parcel P2 is currently approved or through the MPUD currently approved for 7,500 square feet of retail commercial office and 225 multifamily residential units. No change there. Uh transportation map, it's on Ridge Road and Moon Lake Road. There is an existing eight-foot multi-use path, a twelve foot multi-use path, and additional eight-foot

   2:25:49multi-use path in proximity to the subject sites.

   2:25:54And the proposed amendment is consistent with the following comprehensive plan policies: Section Flu A6 for the PD Plain Development Establishment, policy flu 8.1.3, Central Market Area Establishment, Policy Flu 1.6.1, Commercial Development, Policy Flu 1.8.7, Economic Development, and Policy Flu 1.8.10, preservation of capacity of employment generating use as the reason why there's only three parcels of the overall MPD is that the already approved entitlements that are within the MPD,

   2:26:24the density intensity that's set forth there, is already deemed consistent with the comprehensive plan at this time. So the only change necessary to ensure consistency with those entitlements are these three sites or three parcels. So with that, we recommend approval of the proposed comprehensive plan amendment and adopt the ordinance by roll call vote. I'd be happy to answer any questions you might have.

   StarkeyChair

   2:26:47Um Does anyone have any questions? I see the applicants coming up.

   2:26:53Okay, come on up, Miss Barbara.

   Barbara Wilhite

   2:26:58Good afternoon again, Barbara Well. Eighty six twenty seven Grand Boulevard for the applicants. Um this is an unusual situation where this DRI was rescinded Pre me. um without making sure that it didn't create any conflicts with the comprehensive plan for property owners that had nothing to do with the residon. So this is a paperwork cleanup that we've spent a lot of time with the

   2:27:28County Attorney's Office and staff trying to get this paperwork cleaned up so to not impact these folks. So P2, MPD parcel P2, their MPD entitlements are 7,500 square feet of retail and 225 multifamily. That that is their MPUD entitlements. We're just trying to make the Com Plan consistent because Of the resion, the DR decision didn't create a conflict with the Comp plan because the MPUD preceded your comp plan in 1990. Really weird facts. So that's

   2:27:58the situation for P2 and I2. What's proposed as PD is exactly what the MPD approves for. K three, there is an a request to increase the commercial that was approved for that parcel. Currently that parcel is approved for sixty four thousand two hundred and eighty five square feet of commercial and there has a request to increase that to by sixty thousand seven hundred for a total of one twenty five. That's just to make that parcel um more developable. It's been sitting for a long time. This prop this project, the River

   2:28:28Ridge DRI, now MPUD, has it's nearing build-out, and so we're just doing those tweaks to try to move this project along and get these vacant parcels developed. Um so that is the reason for and we had to go parcel parcel by parcel and determine if the rescission created a conflict or not. It took a lot of work. These were the three that we had to to clean up the paperwork on. Hope that makes some sense and gives you some background as to why this is coming forward like this. I'm available to talk about it more, but I don't want to bore you either.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:29:03I'm sure. I'm waiting for Commissioner Weightman to ask about Live Local.

   WeightmanSecond Vice Chair

   2:29:08I did ask David Allen. Where is he?

   Barbara Wilhite

   2:29:12That is a good M PUD qu question. Um so save that one. It's good M P D question. And the answer is we we did take care of that.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:29:21That was yesterday. I have faith in here.

   StarkeyChair

   2:29:28So okay, um

   2:29:32I'm sorry, I'm confused because I didn't know we were approving apartments today. Oh oh is this the m this is this the low income? What is this? So the

   Barbara Wilhite

   2:29:47Oh. M Puty already approved apartments here.

   2:29:53Yeah. Um made a conflict with the comp plan. So you're not actually approving new apartments. But I can tell you that the contract purchaser for that apartment site is Dominium and they are looking forward to doing another affordable project with you. And Kates like Archer is here from Dominium and uh looking forward to doing that. But To answer your question, um that parcel will be rest c not allowed to be um have live local by condition. So that's an advancement to this M PUD,

   2:30:23something the MPUD doesn't have right now and could be argued about by others, but we're making a significant step forward in two things. One is by putting a condition on this MPUD as when we talk about the M PUD, to not allow Live Local on this parcel and to also bring forward a uh affordable project.

   Unidentified speaker

   2:30:41And for the other two commercial parcels?

   Barbara Wilhite

   2:30:44Did the live local condition was Approved by your county attorney over here to my right and it applies to the whole project.

   Unidentified speakerVoice B

   2:30:58Well to be clear, it applies to all the the vacant parcels that Barbara's clients control. There there may be some parcels that her clients don't control that that condition does not apply to. But everything that is being changed today or reinstituted today, that lib local condition applies to.

   2:31:19Public comment.

   StarkeyChair

   2:31:20Okay. So we'll take public comment on this if anyone wants to speak to this.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:31:25We have no one signed up in advance either online or hand up in the back.

   StarkeyChair

   2:31:30You are welcome to speak if you want to speak on this. If you have not signed up and there's no one online?

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:31:35No one online.

   StarkeyChair

   2:31:35Is there anyone else after this gentleman that wishes to speak to this item? Okay.

   Robert Solfio

   2:31:42Hi, my name is uh Robert Solfio, [address removed]. You were speaking about the Ridge Road and River Ridge Boulevard. Um what is I guess I two? Project that's gonna be done. I was wondering if we first of all homeowners are asking if we know what's gonna be built on that corner. I think it says like thirteen thousand Five squ thirteen thousand feet or something a project? So we just spoke about it a minute ago.

   StarkeyChair

   2:32:14I I don't know if we We don't we don't know what's coming I don't think we know what's coming, but that's

   Robert Solfio

   2:32:23Okay.

   StarkeyChair

   2:32:23I mean

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:32:24I don't it's decreasing commercial entitlements on parcel I2.

   Robert Solfio

   2:32:28Is decreasing?

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:32:30That's what

   Robert Solfio

   2:32:31Okay.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:32:32Comprehensive plan amendment or I'm sorry, that's what the M PUD says. Um

   2:32:41Yeah. Right now we're on the comprehensive plan and then we have the comp

   StarkeyChair

   2:32:44plan now, so maybe you want to wait.

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:32:46And it's uh it's changing the future land use to P D as as Ms. Tall and as Will Height explained. Um the actual what's going there is the rezoning which is number sixty, which they'll get to after they close this one out.

   Robert Solfio

   2:33:04Yeah. Oh okay. That'll be a d later date, I assume. No. No. In just a few minutes. Oh okay. Second thing I'd like to add. So don't

   StarkeyChair

   2:33:10go all the way in the back. Just they write a

   Robert Solfio

   2:33:12second I'd like to address if it's possible. We have spoken about a lot of trees being taken down, oak trees. While we're talking about River Rid Boulevard, is where we live on we live on Deerwood, which is right there, Riveridge Boulevard and Deerwood Avenue. The church right there on River Rid Boulevard cleared out a piece of land that was huge. They took down probably a couple hundred trees. This was over a year ago. They leveled the land, it's all grass now, not one tree was ever replaced. Why?

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:33:39This is not general public comment. This is these are public hearing on these. Well,

   Robert Solfio

   2:33:44I

   2:33:45mean

   2:33:45we were talking about trees and how many trees are being taken down. I mean how we saving trees. And I'm just addressing why trees were taken down on a piece of property from a church.

   StarkeyChair

   2:33:55We're out of order basically.

   Robert Solfio

   2:33:57Well, I don't know nothing about order, man. This is the first meeting I've been to.

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:01Yes.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:34:03The way we do public comments is supposed to be you have a conversation, you got three minutes to talk.

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:07Yeah.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:34:07We're not supposed to be in an interaction dialogue. That's what that's what get this whole thing confused. So

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:12your comments are for the next item, so if you don't mind, we'll we'll you can come up at the ne at a future item. Okay. Is there anyone else that wants to speak to this item? Which is The cleanup of this M P U D.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:34:27Seeing no one with no one online move approval?

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:29Nope, there's nobody online. Okay, I'll take a second.

   MarianoVice Chair

   2:34:32Second.

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:32All in favor? Is a role. I'm sorry. It's a broke

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:34:36hole anyway. Yeah.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:34:38District one, Commissioner Oakley. District two, Commissioner Weightman. District uh four, Commissioner Yeager.

   David Boucher

   2:34:47She's offline.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:34:48No no longer online. Uh District five, Commissioner Mariano. Aye. District three, uh Chairman Starkey.

   StarkeyChair

   2:34:55Aye. Okay, so now we'll move on.

   2:35:01Yeah, I think we did uh okay, P fifty eight?

   2:35:06P fifty seven.

   Unidentified speakerVoice A

   2:35:08Well I know. You want to stay with River Ridge?

   Unidentified speakerVoice C

   2:35:12Yes. Let's go ahead and get that one done. Get it done. Yep.